The Electric Michelangelo Study Guide

Seven-year-old Cyril (Cy) Parks wishes his eyes could lie so his troubles would be over. He averts his eyes from sick people coughing into basins to the distant horizon and thoughts of his father, lost years ago at sea. Most visitors to his mother's seaside resort, the Bayview Hotel on Morecambe Bay, suffer from tuberculosis and Reeda Parks can see beyond the horror in ways her son cannot. These guests pay her bills. (read more)